Zigbee - ZHA - Ikea TRADFRI on/off switch - drops battery quickly

[Daniel3D (Dany)]

Hi!

I’ve changed battery this morning, at 12:00 am, and in 3 hours, battery drops from 100% to 74%. It occurs since I bought this device.

Is a problem of my device, or maybe, is a problem of this device model (maybe newest firmware can solve that)?

Anyone with the same problem?

[FloatingBoater (James Derrick)]

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[Daniel3D (Dany)]

Hi!
I updated firmware to newest version and battery doesn’t drop quickly as before. Maybe my previous firmware was the problem.

Is strange that after a while, battery was increased from 74% to 87%, maybe a fix on firmware?: